Magocracies
In the Ashen Age, before the foundation of the Eight States and The Order, Chronan was ruled by several magocracies - cities and kingdoms where wizards and other magic-users reigned supreme. These magocracies were formed as a consequence of the Fellstar cataclysm, for mages were the only ones capable of protecting people from the devastation caused by the meteor strike. Those born with magical abilities gathered all the power and wealth to themselves, while those born without - which was the vast majority of the population - were left subservient.
As the ash-covered sky cleared and the long winter caused by the meteor impact ended, people of Chronan turned away from the mages and started relying on technology, which meant the fall of the magocracies. The highly intelligent and calculative wizards quickly adapted, merging into the society of the new Steaming Age as artificers, academians and scholars. Rumors say that the secretive conclave known as The Chimeran Magisterium is trying to restore the magocracies.
Known historical magocracies in Chronan included:
Aerdale (dwarvish settlement north of Reignstone at The Skyward Peaks that relies on the ancient art of runic magic)
Alpharo (a tall lighthouse of wizards at the Cerulean Peninsula, south of modern Gardenoor)
Baraam (orcish worshippers of the elemental deities on Barambu Island, southeast of modern Geigerport)
Cobaltica (community of warlocks in Sootwood, west of modern Copperhaven)
Czenova (known in modern times as "Old Czenova"; ruins of the ancient kingdom of wizards are still visible under the capital city )
Horaeus (culture of dragon worshippers at the center of the Hourglass Desert in modern Gardenoor)
Maeg Nach (gnomish kingdom that was once located around the Mellow Pastures in Magnapolis)
Uzzud (magical kingdom that was located north of Saltissa Hexwood in modern Parcivale, cursed by the hag queen Saltissa and turned into a necropolis of the undead)
Vindra Vu (once a skyland in the Glimmering Archiourano, it was ruled by the dragon wizard Krishalaë who transported the floating island into the Astral Sea)
Type
Geopolitical, Magocracy
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